Nimish Patel, MD
Family Medicine · Charlotte, NCNPI 1710141668
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 210 payments — averaging $21.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$931
- AstraZeneca$616
- AbbVie$551
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$424
- Lilly USA, LLC$373
- Pfizer$213
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,30694%
- Education$2556%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 50 | $931 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $616 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $551 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $424 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 23 | $373 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $213 |
| Bayer | 12 | $208 |
| Amgen | 11 | $186 |
| Abbott | 4 | $166 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $131 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $111 |
| Novartis | 6 | $104 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $53 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Merck | 3 | $40 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $39 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $34 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$4,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 48 | $53,029 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 46 | $45,771 |
| EliquisApixaban | 38 | $44,068 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 31 | $31,520 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 25 | $30,851 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 24 | $22,519 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $9,714 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 19 | $6,647 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 12 | $5,943 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 72 | $2,214 |
| Gabapentin | 99 | $2,079 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 244 | $1,923 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 182 | $1,911 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 29 | $1,701 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 190 | $1,650 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $616 | $69,01775 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $931 | $53,02948 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $131 | $45,77146 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $213 | $44,06838 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $208 | $22,51924 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $424 | $9,71411 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $551 | $1,07511 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other family medicine in Charlotte
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Steven BauerCharlotte$2.7M
- Melissa JonesCharlotte$1.8M
- Laura LuptonCharlotte$811K
- Kevin SodenCharlotte$558K
- Joseph KonenCharlotte$322K
- Thomas BarringerCharlotte$305K
- Richard RachimaCharlotte$294K
- Dimitrios HondrosCharlotte$275K
- Jewell CarrCharlotte$164K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.